But Tisdale says James, whose first senior manager was Exeter's director of football Steve Perryman when he was in charge at Watford, could have a great influence on his side.

"It can only help and it can only add some interest to the squad and the goalkeepers when they're training.

"I would hesitate to suggest that there's anything else in it from his part, or our part, but we're more than happy to help.

"No matter what you think, no matter what you try to do, if you don't train you'll go rusty and that's why he's here.

"I'm sure he won't mind me saying he's not played for a couple of months and he needs to train to get that sharpness back and I'm sure a couple of sessions a week with us and he'll start picking it up again."